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In 1517, angered by Maximilian's perfidy, Henry wrote him some very "displeasant" letters.Tunstall thought they would do harm, kept them back, and received no censure for his conduct.In 1522-23 Wolsey advised first the siege of Boulogne and then its abandonment.…Cited from Henry VIII, by A. F. Pollard

Rufus did this regularly, besides having Cicero's wife as his consort, and prided himself on both achievements, evidently thinking that he would become an orator by means of the wife or a Caesar by means of the chair.For this, as I have stated, he received no censure; indeed, he became consul.…Cited from Dio's Rome, Vol. 4, by Cassius Dio

There would be no censure on Cromwell's policy, if that were all.But an acute reader of the tract would have detected that more was intended in it than a plea for Toleration, that the very existence of any Established Church whatever was condemned.…Cited from The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660, by David Masson

And she so conducted herself during the entire sovereignty as to incur no censure.Cited from Dio's Rome, Volume V., Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211), by Cassius Dio

"On a young hero's past no censure is cast!""There is actually an aristocratic playfulness about it!"…Cited from Notes From The Underground/Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It had declared that no censure had been intended, and expressed sorrow that annoyance had been caused.But yet to the Doctor's thinking it was an unmanly letter.…Cited from Dr. Wortle's School, by Anthony Trollope

He feared no censure, if his Majesty should reveal all that he had counselled him in secret.Cited from Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2,by Henry Craik

Who, then, among Englishmen, would have thought of blaming their fellow countrymen, when the object in view was the aggrandizement of the national power, and the furtherance of individual interests?While the Colonists continued tributary to England they could do no wrong; they inclined no censure.Each succeding year saw them, with a spirit of enterprize that was THEN deemed worthy of commendation, pushing their advantages, and extending their possessions to the utter exclusion, and at the expense of the original possessors of the soil.…Cited from The Canadian Brothers (V. I), John Richardson

The man that gratifies his appetite after the manner the custom of the country allows of, has no censure to fear.If he is hotter than goats or bulls, as soon as the ceremony is over, let him sate and fatigue himself with joy and ecstasies of pleasure, raise and indulge his appetite by turns, as extravagantly as his strength and manhood will give him leave.…Cited from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6), by Havelock Ellis

The president directed the secretary to have no further communication with him, and soon afterward requested his recall.This was complied with, but no censure was visited upon the envoy, and no other was sent in his place.In May, 1810, congress approved the course of the executive, declared the official communications of Mr. Jackson highly indecorous and insolent, and passed a new act of non-intercourse.…Cited from Hidden Treasures, by Harry A. Lewis

"Of course not." and Alice smiled one of her sweetest smiles."You did perfectly right and are deserving of no censure, whatever."After a few moments of desultory conversation, Redburn took the "General" to one side, and spoke on the subject of Fearless Frank and Anita Harris -- of his action in the matter, and so forth.…Cited from Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road, by Edward L. Wheeler

On the 24th ultimo I acquainted you with that fact.No censure can possibly be attributed to Lieutenant Whipple, whose great care and attention to all his duties have been on all occasions highly distinguished.…Cited from Messages and Papers of the Presidents: John Tyler, Ed. by Richardson

He regretted, deeply and bitterly, the moral cowardice that had restrained his words when he was about to disclose the truth to Dorcas; but pride, the fear of losing her affection, the dread of universal scorn, forbade him to rectify this falsehood.He felt that for leaving Roger Malvin he deserved no censure.…Cited from From Mosses From An Old Manse, by Hawthorne

Nor, so far as I can see, is there a soul here whom we shall desert; rather we may truly say, that we are ourselves deserted; for, our kinsfolk being either dead or fled in fear of death, no more regardful of us than if we were strangers, we are left alone in our great affliction.No censure, then, can fall on us if we do as I propose; and otherwise grievous suffering, perhaps death, may ensue.…Cited from The Decameron, Volume I, Giovanni Boccaccio

The ration should be increased by equal amounts of protein and carbohydrates; both should be provided in as dry and pure a form as possible.There is no censure attached to this criticism.Our ration was probably the best which has been used: but more is known now than was known then.…Cited from Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The country over which they had marched was hilly, and in many places there were dense forests which retarded their movements, though the late period at which Colonel Lindsay received his orders would have prevented his arrival at the time specified in them.No censure can be attributed to General Scott for the delay, as it was impossible under the circumstances for him to have matured his plans earlier.…Cited from General Scott, by General Marcus J. Wright

The American captain was a rude, uncouth Down-Easter, about thirty years old, and sat on a bench, doubled and bent into an indescribable attitude, out of which he occasionally straightened himself, all the time toying with a ruler, or some such article.The case was one of no interest; the man had been frost-bitten, and died from natural causes, so that no censure was deserved or passed upon the captain.…Cited from English Notebooks, Complete, Nath. Hawthorne

Offended by the Protective policy of the United States, the British Press now denounced the measures proposed for the Reconstruction of the South.No censure was too harsh, no epithet too severe to apply to the policy and to the Republican party that stood sponsor for it.It might have surprised those English critics to learn that the opponents of the Reconstruction policy at home could find nothing to say of it so denunciatory or so concentrated in bitterness as that the National Government was trying to reduce the Southern States to the condition of Ireland.…Cited from Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2), by James Gillespie Blaine

I intended no censure of dear brethren whose zeal and devotion command my sympathy, notwithstanding I may not be able to see with them in all respects.Cited from Whittier's Conflict, Reform, Vol. 7, Complete